Elections_in_Cape_Verde

Elections in Cape Verde

Political elections for public offices in Cape Verde

Cape Verde elects on national level a head of state – the president – and a legislature. The president is elected for a five-year term by the people. The National Assembly (Portuguese: Assembleia Nacional) has 72 members, elected for a five-year term by proportional representation. Cape Verde has a two-party system, which means that there are two dominant political parties, with extreme difficulty for anybody to achieve electoral success under the banner of any other party.

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Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Movement for Democracy	110,121	50.02	38	–2
	African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde	87,063	39.55	30	+1
	Democratic and Independent Cape Verdean Union	19,834	9.01	4	+1
	Labour and Solidarity Party	2,088	0.95	0	0
	People's Party	756	0.34	0	0
	Social Democratic Party	271	0.12	0	0
Total		220,133	100.00	72	0

Valid votes		220,133	97.56
Invalid/blank votes		5,509	2.44
Total votes		225,642	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		392,899	57.43
Source: CNE

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Jorge Carlos Fonseca	Movement for Democracy	93,010	74.09
	Albertino Graça	Independent	28,256	22.51
	Joaquim Monteiro	Independent	4,278	3.41
Total			125,544	100.00

Valid votes			125,544	97.99
Invalid/blank votes			2,573	2.01
Total votes			128,117	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			361,221	35.47
Source: DGAPE

Elections in Cape Verde